tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994715120426119071.post604694165527373177..comments2023-10-26T12:02:00.390+01:00Comments on Niamh Boyce : Perfectly FormedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994715120426119071.post-82505690875292817652010-05-10T20:00:28.572+01:002010-05-10T20:00:28.572+01:00Thanks Talli!Thanks Talli!Words A Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04423263654771820182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994715120426119071.post-65854283125541868002010-05-10T19:39:30.021+01:002010-05-10T19:39:30.021+01:00Thanks for the heads-up about the competition and ...Thanks for the heads-up about the competition and good luck writing!Talli Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780882465745107715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994715120426119071.post-16260985745024835022010-05-10T16:52:12.485+01:002010-05-10T16:52:12.485+01:00hi Ann - Thanks and same here!
I was also thinking...hi Ann - Thanks and same here!<br />I was also thinking further about this and wondering who/where would publish my (yet to be written) 10,00O word story)? Does anyone know of a publication who publishes longer work?Words A Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04423263654771820182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994715120426119071.post-30741183328433765572010-05-10T16:32:15.673+01:002010-05-10T16:32:15.673+01:00Thanks for the information on the Waterstone compe...Thanks for the information on the Waterstone competition. Small but perfectly formed. <br /><br />I find most of my stories are edging towards the 2000 words. I have to make a real effort to expand on that and I need to practice writing longer.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07524878248746427258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994715120426119071.post-8072184713442626132010-05-10T12:10:12.941+01:002010-05-10T12:10:12.941+01:00Thanks Barbara, its a hard one isnt it? Competitio...Thanks Barbara, its a hard one isnt it? Competitions and esp small magazines that publish short stories do a great job and are very necessary but a side effect of an emerging writers dependence on these outlets for their work could be a generation of writers whose form is influences not by the content of their writing but submission guidleines... (thats possibly a generalised exaggeration, i tend towards those! Next post could be "Death of the long short story"!)Words A Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04423263654771820182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994715120426119071.post-9957279310029877602010-05-10T11:06:23.984+01:002010-05-10T11:06:23.984+01:00Hi Niamh: firstly thanks for telling us about the...Hi Niamh: firstly thanks for telling us about the Waterstones competition. I totally agree.. my first ever short story was about 4,000 words and I culled it to fit a competition and since then I find my stories seem to automatically end at about 2,000 - 2,500 words. So thanks also for reminding me to experiment with growing a longer story!Barbara Scullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14311532447861613731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994715120426119071.post-55612308348883335962010-05-10T09:43:16.163+01:002010-05-10T09:43:16.163+01:00Hear, Hear Michael! We're being stunted! Stunt...Hear, Hear Michael! We're being stunted! Stunted!Words A Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04423263654771820182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994715120426119071.post-61905415985583370332010-05-10T09:31:19.506+01:002010-05-10T09:31:19.506+01:00Yes Niamh and the same applies to poetry, too many...Yes Niamh and the same applies to poetry, too many poems under 40 lines because of competition limits. Let's have more Rimes of the Ancient Mariner.Michael Farryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14166338392128797311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994715120426119071.post-58343588187751383902010-05-10T00:52:57.583+01:002010-05-10T00:52:57.583+01:00Thankyou Alesa!Thankyou Alesa!Words A Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04423263654771820182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994715120426119071.post-79990606905570115622010-05-10T00:50:07.921+01:002010-05-10T00:50:07.921+01:00Hi Theresa, its not long at all, a few pages. At f...Hi Theresa, its not long at all, a few pages. At first draft mine could be 5,000 and when the repetitions and flab are trimmed they work out at 2,000... i thought this was a "natural" process, but I wonder? Your post about your father would make a wonderful short story i think.Words A Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04423263654771820182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994715120426119071.post-91455891751467857622010-05-10T00:38:57.268+01:002010-05-10T00:38:57.268+01:002,000 or 3,000 words isn't very long. My blog...2,000 or 3,000 words isn't very long. My blog posts come in just over 1,000. I haven't tried too many short stories.Theresa Milsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477761307315565259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994715120426119071.post-29801787661889395052010-05-10T00:23:27.172+01:002010-05-10T00:23:27.172+01:00May the muses whisper you the trappings of a wonde...May the muses whisper you the trappings of a wonderful tale.Avohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808959359850145003noreply@blogger.com